Jingdezhen ware
(China)
- Title
- Gourd-shaped ewer
- Other titles:
- Qingbai ware ewer of gourd form
Yingqing ware ewer of gourd form
Ewer of gourd form - Place of origin
-
Jingdezhen →
Jiangxi Province →
China
- Period
- Yuan dynasty 1279 - 1368 → China
- Year
- 14th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with 'qingbai' glaze
- Dimensions
-
11.3 x 9.5cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Bodor Family 1999
- Accession number
- 119.1999
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
The ewer is in a gourd form with a curved tapering spout and a handle in the shape of a 'chi' dragon. It is decorated with splashed brown iron spots, and covered with a 'qingbai' bluish-toned glaze. The advent of the Mongol Yuan dynasty saw no marked disruption to Southern Song traditions but did see the introduction of new decorative techniques both applied and painted. Moulded and modelled applique were used, with beading and studding as the two principal techniques. The elaboration of handle loops into serpentine 'chi' dragons was a distinctive achievement of the Yuan potters, adding an exuberant and fanciful dimension to the otherwise restrained Song ceramic forms.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, January 2012
- Bibliography (2)
-
John Guy (Australia; United Kingdom, b.1949) (Author), Oriental trade ceramics in southeast Asia, 10th to 16th century: selected from Australian collections, including the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Bodor Collection, Melbourne, 1980, 42. plate no. 37
'Export Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 135 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (4)
-
Oriental Trade Ceramics in Southeast Asia 10th to 16th Century, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 06 Jun 1980–20 Jul 1980.
Oriental Trade Ceramics in Southeast Asia 10th to 16th Century, Art Gallery of South Australia, 01 Aug 1980–31 Aug 1980.
Oriental Trade Ceramics in Southeast Asia 10th to 16th Century, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Oct 1980–09 Nov 1980.
Dragon (2012), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Jan 2012–06 May 2012.
